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What’s Trending: Oceania Cruises Takes Honors as Most Popular Luxury Cruise Line

DETROIT (Feb. 12, 2019) – CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends™ report for the month of February 2019. This report details a picture of consumer behavior for cruise ship travel for February 2019. The report is sponsored by ©EyeforTravel Ltd.



CruiseCompete has mined its wealth of data to provide information on the most popular cruise trends among consumers, including most requested cruise ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury and river cruising.


The CruiseTrends™ report for February 2019 is detailed below. To see more topics and data, please visit CruiseCompete’s press room or click here to see the entire February 2019 report.


Most Popular Cruise Lines

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in the given month)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Royal Caribbean International

2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises

3. River: American Cruise Lines


In second place is Carnival Cruise Lines for premium/contemporary, Cunard Line for luxury and Viking River Cruises for river. More...


Most Popular Cruise Ships

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Harmony of the Seas

2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2

3. River: Queen of the Mississippi


Next in popularity are Symphony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Insignia for luxury and American Queen for river. More...


Most Popular Cruise Regions

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean

2. Luxury: Europe

3. River: Europe


Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Caribbean for luxury and North America for river. More...


Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each departure port)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale, FL

2. Luxury: Miami, FL

3. River: Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, New York, NY for luxury and Budapest, Hungary for river. More...


Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each port visited during cruise itineraries, excluding departure ports)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Cozumel, Mexico

2. Luxury: Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy

3. River: Vienna, Austria


Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas for premium/contemporary Havana, Cuba for luxury and Cologne, Germany for river. More...


Most Popular Countries Visited

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each country visited during cruise itineraries, excluding countries of departure)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Bahamas

2. Luxury: United States

3. River: Germany


Second are Mexico for premium/contemporary, Italy for luxury and Austria for river. More...


Most Popular Cabin Types

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony

2. Luxury: Balcony

3. River: Balcony

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Number of Cabins Requested

(Based on most popular number of cabins per request)

1. Premium/Contemporary: 1

2. Luxury: 1

3. River: 1


Second are 2 cabins for premium/contemporary, 2 cabins for luxury and 2 cabins for river. More...


Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths

(Based on most requested itinerary lengths)

1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights

2. Luxury: 7 nights

3. River: 7 nights


Second are 5 nights for premium/contemporary, 14 nights for luxury and 8 nights for river.

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Most Popular Sailing Months Requested

(Based on the most requested months)

1. Premium/Contemporary: March 2019

2. Luxury: April 2019

3. River: September 2019

More...


Booking window of time

The average number of days between the date the cruise was booked and the date it sails.


Contemporary/Premium - 188

Luxury - 271

River - 236

Other data available at the February 2019 CruiseTrends™ report:

• Number of cabins requested

• Most popular cruise itinerary lengths

• Travel insurance requested

• Cruise line past passenger status requested


This cruise trend information is available monthly from CruiseCompete and can be insightful, especially for financial analysts and travel writers. To see 12 months of cruise trend data, please click here: http://www.cruisecompete.com/cruise_trends.php.


For purposes of the CruiseTrends™ report, cruise lines recognized as premium or contemporary are grouped together as premium/contemporary. The CruiseCompete CruiseTrends™ report is sponsored by ©EyeforTravel Ltd.



About CruiseCompete


CruiseCompete has been the premier online cruise marketplace since 2003 (see media praises).


Consumers come to CruiseCompete to research and book cruise vacations. More than 1.5 million users have generated close to 4 million requests from consumers, and agents have delivered almost 17 million quotes since 2003. They can compare offers from trusted travel agents, see consumer reviews of agents and agencies responding, then contact travel agents directly for more information and to book cruises. CruiseCompete is a member of the Family Travel Association, the leading authority and resource for family travel information and is home to the Sea Tales 2019 Family Cruise Travel Planner at Travel Resources.


CruiseCompete CruiseTrends™ offers monthly stats for an inside look at consumer trends and what consumers want in cruise vacations.


CruiseCompete takes top honors in Travel + Leisure's “Top 60 Best Apps and Websites for Travelers” with an honorable mention. The Wall Street Journal praised CruiseCompete as “Best Cruise Travel Site,” The New York Times says, “… independent travel agents compete to offer you the best deal," and follows similar praise from Travel + Leisure, Kiplinger and The Washington Post. The Street says, “Score luxury cruises at bargain prices.”

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